This breakdown of "your statistics," Mr. Levine, blows your reasoning out of the water, so to speak.

The fact that legal gun ownership by responsible citizens does aid in the lowering, significantly, of violent crime adds to the demise of your claims.

There are, at last count, approximately 90 million legal gun owners in the U.S. Their spot in the above breakdown of U.S. shooting deaths is testament to their overall commitment to responsible gun ownership, whether it be for sport, personal protection, or just exercising their constitutional rights.

The best way to substantially address the 78 percent group would be to eject liberal judges and lawmakers who continue to refuse to enforce the more than 600 federal gun laws alone already on the books throughout the U.S.

We are not fully prosecuting violent criminals, and these judges and lawmakers are a disgrace. Even the NRA pushes for prosecution and appropriate sentences for gun-related criminals.

I know this letter will not enlighten Mr. Levine or others like him, but I just needed to enforce the truth for the open-minded, reasonable citizens of your readership.